EnglandENG
ID: 417009

Jonathan T Melsom

FIDE ratings

1,812Classical

Performance

50 games
12% Win
40% Draw
48% Loss

Jonathan T Melsom's playing style

Overall score:32%6W 20D 24L over 50 games
Best with 1.e4 as White:40%in 20 games
Struggles in the French Defense as Black:33%in 18 games
Steady recent form:35%4W 6D 10L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:40%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation has the largest White sample, with 4 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation
100%
4g
Pirc Defense: Sveshnikov System
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Short Variation
100%
2g
French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Janowski Variation
100%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Wormald Attack
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation has the largest Black sample, with 4 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation
100%
4g
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Botvinnik Variation
100%
2g
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Morozevich Variation
100%
2g
French Defense: Advance Variation, Milner-Barry Gambit
100%
2g
French Defense: Alekhine-Chatard Attack, Breyer Variation
100%
2g

Repertoire

20 games as white in scope
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Move arrowsfrequency, not engine evaluation

Starting position

20 games in this line · White to move

Results for Melsom, Jonathan T as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
20%
40%
40%
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20 · 100%
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40%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Feb 9, 2020
OTB - Britbase
Riou-Durand, Lionel(1950)
L—
Feb 9, 2020
OTB - Britbase
Riou-Durand, Lionel(1950)
L—
Feb 8, 2020
OTB - Britbase
Pentakota, Rajasekhar(1839)
L—
Feb 8, 2020
OTB - Britbase
Pentakota, Rajasekhar(1839)
L—
Jan 12, 2020
OTB - Britbase
Jones, Tibor(1975)
L—
Jan 12, 2020
OTB - Britbase
Jones, Tibor(1871)
L—
Mar 25, 2018
OTB - Britbase
Hall, Antony C(1889)
L—
Mar 25, 2018
OTB - Britbase
Hall, Antony C(1930)
L—
Mar 24, 2018
OTB - Britbase
Millward, Kevin P(2019)
L—
Mar 24, 2018
OTB - Britbase
Millward, Kevin P(2019)
L—

Research Jonathan T Melsom’s games and opening repertoire

Jonathan T Melsom is rated 1812 in standard by FIDE. Jonathan T Melsom plays for England.

Jonathan T Melsom has FIDE ID 417009.

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